Title: |
Verification of humans using the electrocardiogram |
Author(s): |
G. Wübbeler, M. Stavridis, D. Kreiseler, R.-D. Bousseljot and C. Elster |
Journal: |
Pattern Recognition Letters |
Year: |
2007 |
Volume: |
28 |
Issue: |
10 |
Pages: |
1172--1175 |
DOI: |
10.1016/j.patrec.2007.01.014 |
ISSN: |
01678655 |
Web URL: |
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167865507000463 |
Keywords: |
Biometrics,Electrocardiogram (ECG),Identification,Verification |
Tags: |
8.42 |
Abstract: |
A feasibility study on the potential of the electrocardiogram (ECG) for biometrical applications is presented. A test set of 234 ECG recordings from 74 subjects was compiled emulating a realistic scenario for ECG biometrics by using short measurements of 10s length in combination with a practicable choice of ECG leads. The long-term stability of the individual ECG was investigated during time periods up to several years. Verification and identification was done by utilizing the heart vector and a simple distance measure. As a result, encouraging error rates were obtained; for verification, for instance, the achieved equal error rate was smaller than 3%. |